Transmission Operations

FERC OKs Trans Bay Cable Sale to NextEra
Despite protests from a number of cities, FERC approved the sale of the Trans Bay Cable, a 400-MW line that runs under San Francisco Bay, to NextEra.
FERC Approves MISO Pseudo-tie Proposal
FERC approved Tariff revisions intended to relieve costs for MISO resources pseudo-tying into PJM despite criticism that they didn't go far enough.
Texas Public Utility Commission Briefs: March 13, 2019
The Texas PUC formally approved Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative’s request to move about 12% of its load and transmission facilities from SPP into ERCOT
SPP Seams Steering Committee Briefs: March 13, 2019
SPP told stakeholders it will have to make decisions on potential interregional projects in the 2019/20 coordinated system plan before hearing from MISO.
NYISO Business Issues Committee Briefs: March 13, 2019
NYISO’s Business Issues Committee approved revisions to the Installed Capacity (ICAP) Manual regarding external to rest of state deliverability rights.
SPP Briefs: Week of March 4, 2019
SPP celebrated the fifth anniversary of its wholesale market by noting it had produced the nation’s lowest electricity costs.
Overheard at GCPA MISO South Regional Conference
MISO CEO John Bear opened GCPA’s MISO South Regional Conference with the RTO’s strategic initiatives and the five “500-year” storms it has experienced.
‘Boring Good’ Rulemaking Seeks to Clean up Order 845
FERC on Thursday issued a ruling clarifying Order 845, the commission’s 2018 directive to improve the generator interconnection process.
NYISO Business Issues Committee Briefs: Feb. 13, 2019
NYISO locational-based marginal prices averaged $50.93/MWh in January, up by about 25% from December and down around 50% from the same month a year ago.
PJM Operating Committee Briefs: Feb. 5, 2019
PJM’s Operating Committee endorsed manual revisions in spite of FirstEnergy's challenge to the formula for judging primary frequency response performance.

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